“Most readers have low standards. All they demand from a book is entertainment.”
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Famous Mokokoma Mokhonoana Quotes
Source: N for Nigger: Aphorisms for Grown Children and Childish Grown-ups
“Awareness is the sea into which pour rivers such as the organs through which we see.”
“When coming to making kids: Size doesn’t count, it’s sperm count that counts.”
“The will to live is as intense in a weed as it is in a human.”
“Disease intensifies narcissism, especially if it is terminal.”
“Some women look like their mothers’ mothers. Some look like they’re their mothers’ mothers.”
“In acting, talent is a euphemism for the ability to pretend … convincingly.”
Source: The Selfish Genie: A Satirical Essay on Altruism
“Only a fool would speak of their impatience or intolerance with pride.”
“Being a writer is determined more by writing than by having written.”
“Some people were killed by their celebration of the fact that they were still alive.”
“For humans, not fearing death is 99% a blessing, and only 1% a curse.”
“A broad vocabulary is generally revealed to hide a narrow mind.”
Source: The Confessions of a Misfit
“Though man needs to live to believe, he does not need to believe to live.”
“The greater a speech, the longer it can be. The longer a speech, the greater it ought to be.”
“You cannot say something about something without revealing something about yourself.”
“It is not only every man for himself but also every man for some men for himself.”
“Education is what they equip you with; just in case your dream doesn't workout.”
“You know you made it, when your friends tell their friends that you are their friend.”
“You know you made it, when people you know, tell people they know, that you know them.”
“We ought to relentlessly ignore excuses, especially those we are told by ourselves.”